Ardbeg – Alligator - For Discussion (70cl, 51.20%)

Ardbeg – Alligator - For Discussion is a single malt whisky from Ardbeg (Islay). Bottled at 51.20% ABV, 70cl. Matured in new American oak casks. Bottled for the Ardbeg Committee, this was released in June 2011. Ardbeg Alligator takes its name from the aggressive charring of the American oak casks the whisky was matured in. This charring level is known as the Alligator char because the cracking of the wood under the heat looks similar to the skin of the eponymous reptile. A distillery located on the south coast of the Isle of Islay. It is currently part of the Scotch whisky holdings of LVMH. Despite being closed twice in the latter 20th century, the distillery's heavily-peated single malt has always been highly-regarded.